2. States (the Nations that have signed the Convention). 3. News (news about the places). 4. Activities (projects about the places). 5. People (from staff to the conservation workers, site managers, researchers, and the public with interests or activities at places). 6. Money (financial assistance expended in support of sites). 7. Documents (from official reports to images, maps, movies, and other rich media). Each of these categories is 2-way referenced to every other to allow rich and fast searching and interrelationships. In addition, data is increasingly thematically and spatially tagged wherever possible. Although certain data is available only to the World Heritage professional community upon site login, a vast amount is publicly accessible. Among the most visited pages are those of the individual World Heritage properties. These 878 dynamic pages present a friendly interface to a vast repository of information previously only available in paper archives. Since the design of the data structure cross-links seven key categories of information, a wealth of related data can be pulled and displayed for each site, from imagery to official decisions, nomination files, and so forth. The information available from the site pages includes (although not all is publicly accessible): Main Tab Name, Location and Latitude/Longitude position; Flag and Country (cross-linked to country information); Zoomable flash map showing location in the world; Iconic image of site; Date of inscription and Criteria (summary); Official “Brief Description”; Justification for inscription and Statement of Significance/OUV; Related News, Events, Activities, and Web Links. Locations Tab Coordinates and descriptions for serial sub-properties; Scanned nomination maps (under development); IS tool (under development). Media Tab Photographs, panoramic images, CAD files, movies, sound clips, etc. Documents Tab (a sortable list of all official records mentioning the site) Nomination file as originally submitted to UNESCO; Decisions of the World Heritage Committee about the preservation of the site; Annual State of Conservation reports; Longer-term Periodic Reports on conservation status as submitted by States; Mission reports of site visits. Issues (Threats) Tab Danger listing; Details of danger listing; Threats statistical graph; Photographs of issues (under development); Related Information (under development).
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